Description:
Since its inception in 1968, software engineering has undergone
numerous changes. In the early years, software development was
organized using the waterfall model, where the focus of
requirements engineering was on a frozen requirements document,
which formed the basis of the subsequent design and
implementation process. Since then, a lot has changed: software
has to be developed faster, in larger and distributed teams, for
pervasive as well as large-scale applications, with more
flexibility, and with ongoing maintenance and quick release
cycles.

What do these ongoing developments and changes imply for the
future of… more…

Description:
Since its inception in 1968, software engineering has undergone
numerous changes. In the early years, software development was
organized using the waterfall model, where the focus of
requirements engineering was on a frozen requirements document,
which formed the basis of the subsequent design and
implementation process. Since then, a lot has changed: software
has to be developed faster, in larger and distributed teams, for
pervasive as well as large-scale applications, with more
flexibility, and with ongoing maintenance and quick release
cycles.

What do these ongoing developments and changes imply for the
future of… more…

Description:
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th
International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2007.
Coverage in the papers includes data warehousing and data mining,
design methodologies and tools, information and database
integration, information modeling concepts and ontologies,
integrity constraints, logical foundations of conceptual
modeling, patterns and conceptual meta-modeling, semi-structured
data and XML, as well as Web information systems and XML.

Description:
This post-conference proceedings volume covers all aspects of
artificial evolution, including genetic programming, swarm
intelligence, combinatorial and multi-objective optimization, as
well as theory and applications.

Description:
This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 14th
European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2007,
held in Potsdam, Germany, in September 2007. The papers are
organized in topical sections on enforcement, alignment,
tailoring. There is focus on SME issues, improvement analysis and
empirical studies, new avenues of SPI, SPI methodologies, as well
as testing and reliability.

Description:
This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 14th
European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2007,
held in Potsdam, Germany, in September 2007. The papers are
organized in topical sections on enforcement, alignment,
tailoring. There is focus on SME issues, improvement analysis and
empirical studies, new avenues of SPI, SPI methodologies, as well
as testing and reliability.

Description:
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th German
Conference on Multiagent Systems Technologies, MATES 2007, held
in Leipzig, Germany, September 2007, co-located with
NetObjectDays, NODe 2007. The papers are organized in topical
sections on engineering multi-agent systems, multi-agent planning
and learning, multi-agent communication, interaction, and
coordination, multi-agent resource allocation, multi-agent
planning and simulation, as well as trust and reputation.